PANews Original | Base’s Social Dream Is Over. Onchain Finance Is Taking Over @base has finally acknowledged that its onchain social strategy did not work. Brian Armstrong publicly said Base’s creator token experiment “missed the mark,” while @jessepollak also reflected that Base had over-indexed on social over the past two years, missing key growth windows in stablecoins, perpetuals, prediction markets, and tokenized assets. Now, Base is refocusing on its financial core: trading, payments, and AI agents, with the goal of becoming a “global financial blockchain.” But the competitive landscape has already changed. Robinhood Chain has quickly gained momentum since launch, with daily active addresses, transaction count, and DEX volume nearing or even surpassing Base across several metrics. Behind that growth is Robinhood’s massive retail user base, brokerage distribution, compliance infrastructure, and traditional finance brand advantage. At the same time, Base is leaning closer into meme culture and community sentiment, while Cobie takes over key trading products. The L2 race is entering a new phase: whoever can connect real financial users to onchain markets may capture the next wave of growth. #Base #Coinbase #SocialFi #RobinhoodChain #OnchainFinance #DeFi